The Grades 4 and 5/6 classes at St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School celebrated Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 12th. These French Immersion students discussed the history of the celebration, and its importance to their French Catholic culture. Students took part in the celebration by creating their very own Mardi Gras masks and partaking in a feast of homemade pancakes before beginning a fast for Lent.
Category: Schools
98…99…100 Days of School Celebrated at St. Raphael
On Friday, February 8, 2013, many students at St. Raphael Catholic Elementary School celebrated the 100th day of school. Students took part in a variety of activities that demonstrated the importance of the day. Some of these activities included counting to 100, writing 100 words from around the classroom, crafting with 100 items, investigating collections of 100 items, eating 100 food choices and many others. Both students and staff felt that it was truly a great day!
BISHOP ALEXANDER CARTER CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT
Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School is holding its open house on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The open house will run from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: 539 Francis St. Hanmer
For more information, contact the school at (705) 969-2212.
100 Days of School Celebration at St. Paul Catholic Elementary
Students in teacher Lisa Wright’s French Immersion Senior Kindergarten class at St. Paul Catholic Elementary School celebrated the 100th day of school in a BIG way on Thursday, February 7th! Several children and Mme Wright came to school dressed as centenarians. The afternoon was spent with special guests , moms, dads, grandmas and grandpas. A lot of fun was had at each of the 100th day centres which included:
1) Working as a team to stack 100 plastic cups
2) Roll the dice to 100 game
3) Making a portrait of what they will look like at 100 years old.
4) Making a 100th Day party hat
5) Snack bag of 100 “goodies”.
Students were disappointed to learn that the school year ends before the 200th day. They were looking forward to another big celebration.
Zumba Fun at St. Raphael
All students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 are participating in Zumba Fun at St. Raphael Catholic Elementary School. Each class will receive 4 Zumba sessions during the month of February, thanks to the generous School Council. Teachers and students are benefitting from the great music and moves they are learning – staying fit and staying happy!
100 Days Smarter at Pius XII Catholic Elementary School
The Care and Development and Kindergarten students, parade the hallways of Pius XII Catholic Elementary School and sing ‘We Made It’ as they celebrated 100 Days of School. While parading, Kindergarten student, Emma Lafontaine says ‘I can’t believe I’m 100 days smarter today’! During this day, the students focus on activities with the number 100 — math, reading and physical activity games.
Jeans for Teens at MMA
Through the organization dosomething.org, the Aeropostale clothing company has initiated a competition for Canadian secondary schools. Trying to make a difference for homeless teens, Aeropostale is challenging schools to collect the most number of jeans to support the teen clientele at homeless shelters across the nation. According to the website dosomething.org, the number one requested item at homeless shelters by teens is jeans. Marymount student Brooke Debassige who works at the Sudbury Aeropostale store was inspired by this contest and knew that her school would step up and take part in this initiative. After talking to both her principal Lucie Cullen and vice principal Lori Holden, the school launched its own Jeans for Teens collection. “It is the least we can do for others who are less fortunate in our local and surrounding communities,” Debassige stated. “At Marymount we are always encouraged to support each other and give back to the community, and I knew this was something that we should definitely be a part of – plus, it just feels good to do something good for others.”
Principal Lucie Cullen was inspired by Debassige’s idea. “Brooke came to us right away with this idea and we knew immediately that it was something that we would support as a school,” Cullen stated. “Marymount strives to support social justice initiatives and we are very proud of Brooke for bringing this forward so that we could participate as a school.”
After counting the jeans already collected on Friday, February 8th, Marymount Academy had over 600 pairs of jeans for donation. The Jeans for Teens collection will be ongoing until February 25, 2013 and the school is asking the community to help them with their collection and to drop off any new or gently used jeans to Marymount Academy located at 165 D’Youville St. before February 25, 2013.
The winning school will receive a $10,000 prize, Aeropostale hoodies with the school logo, and a party for the students.
St. Benedict Receives Grant from Lowes
St. Benedict Catholic Secondary teacher John Doyon figured he had nothing to lose when he applied for a grant through Lowes Canada for his woodshop class. Each year, Lowes Canada gives away $10,000 to community organizations to support their projects. Doyon had a plan for his class and thought it would be worthwhile to see if perhaps it could be funded through this initiative. Doyon, as well as the St. Benedict staff and students were thrilled to learn that they were successful in their grant application and would receive a cheque for $5000 to support their project. Based on the curriculum expectations, Doyon’s project involves the production of a tool crib for his woodshop classes that would allow for improved monitoring of tool inventory for the school. As part of the application process, the students had to put together and submit all specs for the project including design and drawings. As well, the group had to endorse their project to Lowes and show them why they should support and fund the project.
Mike Porter, Manager for the Sudbury Lowes presented Doyon with $5000 cheque on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 on behalf of the store.
“What a great surprise for the students and staff at St. Benedict,” said Doyon. “ We are very thankful to Lowes for generously supporting us with this project, and are excited to get started with the second semester class to bring our idea and project design to fruition.” The class will be working to get the tool crib plans constructed and finished by this June.
Marymount Academy Part of Successful World Record Attempt
Students and staff from Marymount Academy received word the last week of January that their participation in the attempt to set the World Record for the Largest Practical Science Lesson at Multiple Venues this past October was a success. The event had a record number of participants – over 17,000 Canadians at 121 different locations across the country taking part in the science lesson. After reviewing all the information, data and video submitted, Guinness has confirmed that the record was in fact set and the attempt was successful. As some events and data were exempt, the official total of participants is 12, 701 and 88 different locations. Students at Marymount Academy had the opportunity to participate and teacher Lise Callahan organized the event for the grade 7,8,10 and 12 students.
“It was a really unique event for our students,” Callahan stated. “Just at the school level, our students really jumped on board and had a lot of fun working through the experiments and applying their science knowledge. Having learned that Marymount Academy’s participation in such a large record setting attempt was successful, it makes our the event even that much more exciting on a much, much bigger scale! Working through all of the set up, organization and follow-up, being a part of the inclusion into the Guinness Book of World Records definitely makes it all worth while!”